As dancers leap, ballet members hope hearts flutter for Ukraine

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When the United Ukrainian Ballet took the stage this week at Washington's Kennedy Center, the dancers performed works of art and also undertook a diplomatic and cultural mission of sorts. Composed of dancers driven into exile by the Russian invasion, the ballet company sees its mission as more than dance. The ballet company brings together dozens of professional artists from all over Ukraine, who now live in exile. At first, only women were allowed to join the company, Ratmansky said, since men of fighting age needed special permission to leave Ukraine. Since then, he considers his work with the United Ukrainian Ballet to be a "diplomatic mission."
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